Gordon Snell

Dangerous Treasure (1994), The Mystery of Monk Island (1995), The Curse of Werewolf Castle (1996), The Phantom Horseman (1997), The Case of the Mystery Graves (1998), The Secret of the Circus (2000), The Library Ghost (2000), Fear at the Festival (2001)[1]

His books include Amy's Wonderful Nest, Tina and the Tooth Fairy and The Supermarket Ghost.[4] His other books include The Phantom Horseman, Dangerous Treasure, The Mystery of Monk Island, The Curse of Werewolf Castle and The Tex and Sheelagh Omnibus.[5] He has commissioned and edited the collection Thicker Than Water on growing up, contributed to by Irish and Irish-American writers.[6]

Snell was working as a freelance producer for the BBC when he met Maeve Binchy in London; they married in 1977 and ultimately moved to her hometown, Dalkey, Ireland (just outside Dublin).[7] In 2011, the couple appeared together on the Irish television soap opera, Fair City.[8] He was by her hospital bedside when she died the following year.[9]